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SEGURING SLABS 0F VBNBBRING To. BUILDINGS. No. 283,012. Patented Aug. 14,v 1883.

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abuilding may be readilyveneered, provided UNTED 'STATES PATENT Orricii.

. BENJAMIN MORTON ANDl ARTHUR TILLEY, OF TORONTO, ONT.ARIO,JOANADA.

fsEcuRlN'GSLABs' oF vENEl-:Rmc To BulLDlNcs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,012, date'd August 14, 1883.

` Application `filed October 26,1882. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: j

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN MoR'roN and ARTHUR TILLEY, both subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have in` vented certain new and useful Improvements in Veneering, of which the following is a specifloation.

Our inventionrelates more particularly toV detail of clip.

By forming slabs of artificial stone or other suitable material as large as can be conveniently handleditwill be seen that the front of simplemeans for securing the slabs in position are at hand. By forming in the slab A a V- shaped groove, B, a suitable shoulder to re-` ceive the end of the clip C is provided. This clip is shapedsubstantially as shown in the drawings, andis provided with a nail or spike,

D, which, whendrieven into the studding or wood-work of the building, secures its particu-` lar slab in position, the number of "clips and spikes for each slab being regulated according to the sizeof theslab.

E is a V-.shaped projection formedgon the slab F, which projection is designed to it into the `groove B when the slab Fis placed on top of the slab A. In this manner the end of the slab A, which is secured by the @up R anaspike D,\holds the end of the slab F fitting into it. l p

In order to form a Water and air tight joint between the slabs, we place between the groove and projection a piece' of felt, rubber, or other suitable material.

The ends of the slabs may also be provided hwith the groove and projection, as described;

but we think that generally an ordinary butti joint will be sufficient, a piece of felt being l placed between the ends to form a joint similar to that formed on the top and bottom edges ofthe block. I

From this descriptionV it will be seen that any handy man ableto use a hammer can, owing to our fastening device, veneer a building With great rapidity.

l. vIn a slab of artificial stone or other material suitable for forming veneer, a V- shaped groove made in the edge of the slab to receive a sheet-metal clip, aspspecified, in combinai tion with a V-shaped projection formed. on a similar slab and designed to it into the said groove, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In veneering composed of slabs of arti` iicial stone or other suitable material, and hav` ing a groove cut in the edge of one slab to re ceive a projection formed on the edge of the nekt slab, a strip of felt or other suitable ma= terial placed in the joint between the slabs, in .75,

combination with a m'etal clip placed-within the groove and provided with a nail or spike, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.`

B. MORTON. A. TILLEY. Witnesses:

B. TAYLOR,

N. I. Kinn. 

